Francisco Lindor’s possible next step towards Mets return emerges

PHILADELPHIA — Francisco Lindor’s next stop could be Citi Field but perhaps not to rejoin the Mets roster just yet. After the shortstop played in a rehab game for Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, manager Carlos Mendoza indicated there is a possibility Lindor will play in a simulated game before the Mets open their series against the Cubs on Monday — serving the purpose of giving Lindor back-to-back “games” given the minor league schedule is dark. The earliest Lindor would likely play for the Mets is Wednesday — he would receive a day off after the back-to-back outings. Mendoza was encouraged…

Media, tech and advertising elite return to Cannes Lions Festival

The media, tech and advertising elite are steering their mega-yachts toward the French seaside town of Cannes, where the industry’s biggest names are set to wine, dine and hammer out deals worth millions.  The rosé and champagne-fueled week-long event, known as the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, is back…

Beloved pizza chain turns America’s 250th birthday into summer-long celebration

Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream is turning America’s 250th birthday into a summer-long celebration. The Davenport, Iowa-based restaurant chain — which has three company-owned restaurants, 35 domestic franchised locations and nine international locations in Egypt — is rolling out patriotic menu items, family block parties and sweepstakes tied to the nation’s semiquincentennial. Tom…

Pregnant Seattle meteorologist Claire Anderson blasts viewer who body-shamed her over form-fitting outfits: ‘Distracts from your presentation’

A pregnant Seattle meteorologist stormed back against a critic who claimed that her form-fitting outfits that showed off her baby bump during live broadcasts “distracts” viewers. Claire Anderson, who is 7-and-a-half-month pregnant, is a meteorologist for Fox 13 Seattle and showed off the demeaning email she received to her 10,000…

Exclusive | Gavin Newsom ripped by Dems for M plan to honor governors

Gavin Newsom has quietly introduced a navel-gazing proposal to honor California’s living governors just months before he becomes one himself — a move that’s grossing out his follow Democrats. Newsom’s bizarre proposal to spend $20 million of taxpayer’s money creating a “Governors’ Legacies” fund for California’s living former leaders has…

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